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Saturday, July 26, 2014

ARAB NATIONS TURNING AGAINST HAMAS, BLAME HAMAS FOR CITIZEN DEATHS

Over the past week there are
voices coming out of Egypt and some Arab countries -- voices that
publicly support the Israeli military operation against Hamas in the
Gaza Strip.

They see the atrocities and massacres committed by Islamists on a
daily basis in Iraq and Syria and are beginning to ask themselves if
these serve the interests of the Arabs and Muslims.
"Thank you Netanyahu and may God give us more [people] like you to destroy Hamas!" — Azza Sami of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram.
Isolated and under attack, Hamas now realizes that it has lost the sympathy of many Egyptians and Arabs.

Sisi's Egypt has not forgiven Hamas for its alliance with Muslim
Brotherhood and its involvement in terrorist attacks against Egyptian
civilians and soldiers over the past year. Arab World Holds Hamas Responsible in Latest Conflict

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas even publicly criticized
Hamas on Palestinian television, accusing the group of provoking
“unnecessary deaths” and “trading in Palestinian blood” by firing
rockets at Israel. Hamas responded by accusing him of “aiding the enemy”
and acting like a “criminal.”The Palestinian Authority’s representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council even acknowledged
that Hamas is committing war crimes by targeting civilians and
contrasted that with how Israel is following international law by
warning residents before strikes so as to minimize civilian casualties.The Palestinian Centre for Human
Rights, a non-profit organization based in Gaza City, is no friend to
Israel by any stretch of the imagination. Yet, even this group reported
on how Israel is giving civilians in targeted structures time to flee
by giving them advance notice through warning shots and even calling
their phones.Hamas is being held responsible for its provocations...Only 35% of Palestinians have a favorable view of Hamas. About 63% of those in Gaza and 47% of those in
the West Bank have an unfavorable view. That means that the political
position of Hamas has done a 180 degree turn.The survey also found that 65% of
Palestinians worry about Islamic extremism, consisting of 79% of those
in the Gaza Strip and 57% of the West Bank. Notice the correlation
between this statistic and unfavorable attitudes towards Hamas. This
indicates that opposition to Hamas is driven by the group’s ideological
extremism and not governmental issues like economic policy.

About 80% of Turks; 65% of Lebanese Sunnis; 61% of Jordanians and Egyptians and 42% of Tunisians have unfavorable opinions of Hamas. Its unfavorable ratings have risen 12% in Tunisia, 9% in Turkey and 8% in Egypt over the past year.

Arab journalist: Arab leaders pray Israel will get rid of Hamas once and for all.

Consider this — it is Egypt, the largest
Arab nation in the world, which is fighting against the Muslim
Brotherhood — a terrorist organization that the Obama administration
supported. Egypt is destroying the Hamas (Palestinian wing of the Muslim
Brotherhood ) tunnels and cutting off their support. Egypt is fighting
against jihadists trying to establish sanctuaries and bases of
operations in the Sinai. All the while, the Obama administration is
withholding Apache attack helicopter support to Egypt — yet Obama
provided Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood government with fighter
aircraft and tanks. Whose side is Obama on?

<<The Arab World is actually interested in the IDF seriously hindering Hamas’ terror activities.
They see the atrocities and massacres committed by Islamists on a
daily basis in Iraq and Syria and are beginning to ask themselves if
these serve the interests of the Arabs and Muslims. A growing number of
Arabs and Muslims are fed up with the Islamist terrorists who are
imposing a reign of terror and intimidation in the Arab world.>>Senior journalist Khaled Abu-Toameh, writing for Gatestone, reports
that over the past week there are voices coming out of Egypt and some
Arab countries, voices that publicly support the Israeli military
operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Isolated and under attack,
Hamas now realizes that it has lost the sympathy of many Egyptians and
Arabs.

In fact, Sisi and many Egyptians seem to be delighted that Hamas is
being badly hurt. Some Egyptians are even openly expressing hope that
Israel will completely destroy Hamas, which they regard as the “armed
branch of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization.”

“Thank you Netanyahu and may God give us more [people] like you to
destroy Hamas!” Wrote Azza Sami, of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram.
In the past few weeks, a number of Egyptian TV hosts and reporters
have publicly condemned the actions of Hamas and even praised Israel,
with one even going so far as to post, both on Facebook and Twitter, a
thank you to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
That particular journalist was Azza Sami, deputy editor of the Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram. She posted the following message online:

Bless you Netanyahu, may Allah make a lot of people like
you to destroy Hamas, the base of corruption, treachery and being an
agent for the (Muslim) Brotherhood. By Allah, whoever tells me
“forbidden (to say this)”, I don’t know what I’ll do.

"They have money and oil, but don't care about the Palestinians, even
though we are Arabs and Muslims like them. What a Saudi or Qatari
sheikh spends in one night in London, Paris or Las Vegas could solve the
problem of tens of thousands of Palestinians." — Palestinian human
rights activist.

"Some Arabs were hoping that Israel would rid them of Hamas." — Ashraf Salameh, Gaza City.

"Some of the Arab regimes are interested in getting rid of the
resistance in order to remove the burden of the Palestinian cause, which
threatens the stability of their regimes." — Mustafa al-Sawwaf,
Palestinian political analyst.

"Most Arabs are busy these days with bloody battles waged by their
leaders, who are struggling to survive. These battles are raging in
Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and the Palestinian Authority." —
Mohammed al-Musafer, columnist.

"The Arab leaders don't know what they want from the Gaza Strip. They
don't even know what they want from Israel." — Yusef Rizka, Hamas
official.

The Palestinians in general and Hamas in particular feel that the Arab
world simply does not care about them and does not even want to hear
from them.

Almost every Palestinian is today talking about the sense of betrayal
by the Arab world. It is a feeling that has increased Palestinians'
hostility and mistrust toward their Arab brethren.
Palestinian cartoonist Umaya Juha expressed Palestinian feelings toward the Arab "betrayal" in a drawing
that shows an Arab and Islamic arm stabbing a Palestinian woman from
the back – while she had also been stabbed in the chest by Israel.

Prominent Palestinian editor Abdel Bari Atwan said "The Palestinian people's problem with their Arab brothers is much bigger than their problem with the Israelis," Atwan explained.
"The Palestinians can resist Israel and fire rockets at it, but they
don't want to do the same against their Arab executioners because they
continue to regard them as brothers."

Sheikh Ekremah Sabri, the former mufti of Jerusalem and a leading
preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, claims that the three wars waged by Israel
against Hamas have been "coordinated" with the Arab countries.

Another analyst, Adnan Abu Amer, expressed fear that the Arab "silence" has already reached the level of "collusion" with Israel.Last night, the Israel Defense Forces told the Red Cross to evacuate
civilians from UNRWA’s shelter in Beit Hanoun between the hours of 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. today. UNRWA and the Red Cross received the message.Hamas prevented civilians from evacuating the area during the window
that the IDF gave them. Today, July 24, Hamas continued firing from Beit
Hanoun. The IDF responded by targeting the source of the fire. Also
today, several rockets launched from Gaza toward Israel fell short and
hit Beit Hanoun.

The UNRWA is perhaps the worst branch of one of the worst organizations
on the globe. The UNRWA has an interest in perpetuating Palestinian
terrorism, thereby keeping Palestinians “refugees” requiring UNRWA’s
aid. UNRWA routinely employs members of Hamas,
their schools promote hatred for Israel, and their graduates often
become terrorists themselves. Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to
the UN, points out, “at least 46 terrorist operatives were students in
the UNRWA schools.”

Palestinians in the new Islamic State of Gaza, crying out for more aid
from the United Nations, are turning to United Nations Relief and Works
Agency (UNRWA) for help. Their reliance upon UNRWA comes as no surprise.
The organization has been providing food, medicine, and social services
to the Palestinian people for 57 years. Unfortunately, UNRWA has never
taken steps to withhold assistance to extremist groups. In some cases,
it has cooperated openly with terrorists. Today, as UNRWA provides
assistance in Gaza, it is directly providing financial and material
support to the Hamas terrorist organization.

UNRWA's budget, which exceeds $365 million, is funded by many nations,
but the United States and other Western nations are the largest
contributors. Cutting off UNRWA's budget would be detrimental to Hamas
in Gaza. It would also send an important message to the United Nations,
which perpetuates the Palestinian refugee problem and lends legitimacy
to groups like Hamas through UNRWA's continued existence.

Here are the top five ways that Hamas is using civilians to shield
itself against Israel – and then exploiting their bodies in the press
when Israel fights against Hamas terror: 1. Placing Rockets In Schools. Last week, the UNRWA
admitting to finding Hamas rockets in two of their schools. Not one.
Two. The UNRWA confiscated the rockets – and then turned those rockets over to Hamas.
That prompted Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to blast UN
chief Ban Ki Moon, stating, “UNRWA schools were established to educate
children in Gaza, but instead they are providing a hiding place for
rockets meant to kill children in Israel.”2. Using Hospitals to Hide Rockets. The Obama administration has said approximately nothing about Hamas firing an anti-tank missile directly from Al-Wafa hospital
on Thursday. On Monday, Israel hit al-Asqa Hospital in Deir Bala, which
was being used to house anti-tank missiles. In 2008, Hamas Prime
Minister Ismail Haniyeh used a hospital for his command center.3. Shuttling Terrorists in Ambulances. Hamas has used ambulances as cover for firing on Israeli targets and for transportation. Repeatedly. 4. Hiding Rockets in Mosques, Playgrounds, and Cemeteries. The IDF has released photographs
showing Hamas placing weapons in and around places of worship,
children’s playgrounds, and burial spots. And, of course, Hamas is
shooting from within civilian homes.5. Using Babies and Women As Human Shields. According to reports
from parents of IDF soldiers, “soldiers have repeatedly seen young
children in Sheijaya, Gaza, be sent out into the streets with guns to
try to attack IDF troops. One parent reported that terrorists had run at
IDF soldiers with a gun in one hand and a baby in the other, apparently
in hopes that the soldiers would see the child and hold their fire. If
soldiers fired, the parent added, the child’s death could be used as
propaganda against Israel.” Hamas is also reportedly smuggling weapons in baby blankets.

Last week, Hamas’ Ministry of the Interior specifically told civilians not to go to designated areas to avoid Israeli fire:

An important and urgent message: The
[Hamas] Ministry of the Interior and National Security calls on our
honorable people in all parts of the [Gaza] Strip to ignore the warnings
[to vacate areas near rocket launching sites before Israel bombs them]
that are being disseminated by the Israeli occupation through manifestos
and phone messages, as these are part of a psychological war meant to
sow confusion on the [Palestinian] home front, in light of the [Israeli]
enemy's security failure and its confusion and bewilderment.

On July 8, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri stated, “The people oppose
the Israeli fighter planes with their bodies alone...I think this method
has proven effective against the occupation. It also reflects the
nature of our heroic and brave people, and we, the [Hamas] movement,
call on our people to adopt this method in order to protect the
Palestinian homes.”

By cracking down on Israel while Hamas seeks civilian casualties, the
Obama administration ensures the deaths of more Jews and more
Palestinians.

“The Egyptian people know exactly who they are facing, and understand
that there is no alternative to employing the Egyptian army to strike
terror cells in Gaza and destroy Hamas in a military operation,” Hayah
Al Dardiri, a presenter for Egypt Today told viewers. Addressing the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Egyptian actor Amr
Mustafa said that they should not expect any help from the Egyptians.
“You must get rid of Hamas and we will help you,” he said. He also
called on Hamas to stop meddling in the internal affairs of Arab
countries. “Pull your men out of Egypt, Syria and Libya,” Mustafa
demanded.

The Palestinians hold onto the following myth. “A bunch of Europeans
came and stole our country from us.” Although embraced fervently as
truth by themselves and their supporters, the historical facts say
otherwise. The first Zionist pioneers bought, not stole, the land they
settled on. They grudgingly agreed to the 1947 United Nations partition
resolution. The Arabs did not. They invaded Israel with the intent of
wiping it out. They lost. The victorious Israelis did indeed practice
ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian population. Had the
Palestinians won, however, they would have done the same to the Jews.
The question remains; would the world have been as morally “outraged”
were it the Jews being victimized. Probably not. For unfathomable
reasons, Jews are held to an impossible double standard unlike the rest
of the world.Hence Syria’s Assad can kill 160,000 of his countrymen
with nary an outcry from the Islamic world.

So where does it end? Too many on each side of
the equation feed off of the fear, hatred and dehumanization of the
other. Added is the sense of victimhood, an affliction that allows for
selfish entitlement and the abandonment of accountability. Each tribe,
the Arabs and the Jews, is guilty of this.

As long as the Palestinians and their allies
persist in the belief that Israel has no right to exist, that nation
will keep on fighting to prove otherwise. They will do so with the
ruthlessness of a cornered grizzly bear surrounded by hunters. How long
this cycle of violence continues is up to them, no one else.

SOME OF THE VIDEOS BELOW ARE BY CITIZENS OF GAZA. THEY ARE GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING.THIS IS HAMAS!